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29Jan/14

Best Windows Partition Tools

WINDOWS COMMAND LINE SOFTWARE The simple disk_part in command prompt (cmd) does the trick. This comes with every Windows. Here are some good articles on how to use it: http://www.jwgoerlich.us/blogengine/post/2009/11/05/Use-Diskpart-to-Create-and-Format-Partitions.aspx http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-xp-tips/diskpart-windows-xp-help-use/ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465(v=ws.10).aspx GUI SOFTWARERead More…

27Jan/14

ZFS – Dealing with Failed Drives, using spares and new drives – and autoreplace

ZFS – Dealing with Failed Drives, using spares and new drives – and autoreplace Links/Citations: *http://www.firstalt.co.uk/sample/s10up.pdf *http://www.bolsondigital.com/2013/06/01/replacing-an-hdd-in-a-zfs-pool-on-nas4free/ *http://www.packetmischief.ca/2013/06/10/how-i-replace-a-failedfailing-hdd-in-a-zfs-storage-pool/ *http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/gbcet/ *http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19120-01/open.solaris/817-2271/gbbxi/index.html *https://blogs.oracle.com/eschrock/entry/zfs_hot_spares REPLACING FAILED DRIVE WITH SPARE Spares usually auto fall a failedRead More…